Tmux Cheat Sheet

Sessions

• $ tmux Start a new session
• $ tmux new Start a new session
• $ tmux new-session Start a new session
• : new Start a new session
• $ tmux new-session -A -s mysession Start a new session or attach to an existing session named mysession
• $ tmux new -s mysession Start a new session with the name mysession
• : new -s mysession Start a new session with the name mysession
• : kill-session kill/delete the current session
• $ tmux kill-ses -t mysession kill/delete session mysession
• $ tmux kill-session -t mysession kill/delete session mysession
• $ tmux kill-session -a kill/delete all sessions but the current
• $ tmux kill-session -a -t mysession kill/delete all sessions but mysession
• Ctrl + b $ Rename session
• Ctrl + b d Detach from session
• : attach -d Detach others on the session (Maximize window by detach other clients)
• $ tmux ls Show all sessions
• Ctrl + b s Show all sessions
• $ tmux a Attach to last session
• $ tmux a -t mysession Attach to a session with the name mysession
• Ctrl + b w Session and Window Preview
• Ctrl + b ( Move to previous session
• Ctrl + b ) Move to next session

Misc

• Ctrl + b : Enter command mode
• : set -g OPTION Set OPTION for all sessions
• : setw -g OPTION Set OPTION for all windows
• : set mouse on Enable mouse mode

Windows

• $ tmux new -s mysession -n mywindow start a new session with the name mysession and window mywindow
• Ctrl + b c Create window
• Ctrl + b , Rename current window
• Ctrl + b & Close current window
• Ctrl + b w List windows
• Ctrl + b p Previous window
• Ctrl + b n Next window
• Ctrl + b 0 ... 9 Switch/select window by number
• Ctrl + b l Toggle last active window
• : swap-window -s 2 -t 1 Reorder window, swap window number 2(src) and 1(dst)
• : swap-window -t -1 Move current window to the left by one position
• : move-window -s src_ses:win -t target_ses:win Move window from source to target
• : move-window -s src_session:src_window Reposition window in the current session
• : move-window -r Renumber windows to remove gap in the sequence

Panes

• Ctrl + b ; Toggle last active pane
• Ctrl + b % Split the current pane with a vertical line to create a horizontal layout
• Ctrl + b " Split the current with a horizontal line to create a vertical layout
• : join-pane -s 2 -t 1 Join two windows as panes (Merge window 2 to window 1 as panes)
• : join-pane -s 2.1 -t 1.0 Move pane from one window to another (Move pane 1 from window 2 to pane after 0 of window 1)
• Ctrl + b { Move the current pane left
• Ctrl + b } Move the current pane right
• Ctrl + b arrows Switch to pane to the direction
• : setw synchronize-panes Toggle synchronize-panes(send command to all panes)
• Ctrl + b Space Toggle between pane layouts
• Ctrl + b o Switch to next pane
• Ctrl + b q Show pane numbers
• Ctrl + b q 0 ... 9 Switch/select pane by number
• Ctrl + b z Toggle pane zoom
• Ctrl + b ! Convert pane into a window
• Ctrl + b Ctrl + arrows Resize current pane height/width
• Ctrl + b x Close current pane

Copy Mode

• : setw -g mode-keys vi use vi keys in buffer
• Ctrl + b [ Enter copy mode
• Ctrl + b PgUp Enter copy mode and scroll one page up
• q Quit mode
• g Go to top line
• G Go to bottom line
• Up Scroll up
• Down Scroll down
• h j k l Move cursor
• w Move cursor forward one word at a time
• b Move cursor backward one word at a time
• / Search forward
• ? Search backward
• n Next keyword occurance
• N Previous keyword occurance
• Space Start selection
• Esc Clear selection
• Enter Copy selection
• Ctrl + b ] Paste contents of buffer_0
• : show-buffer display buffer_0 contents
• : capture-pane copy entire visible contents of pane to a buffer
• : list-buffers Show all buffers
• : choose-buffer Show all buffers and paste selected
• : save-buffer buf.txt Save buffer contents to buf.txt
• : delete-buffer -b 1 delete buffer_1

Help

• Ctrl + b ? List key bindings(shortcuts)
• $ tmux info Show every session, window, pane, etc...